BROADACRE CITY
Model Homes	Model Bridge
Wright handwritten note on verso	Wright handwritten note on verso

YEAR	DESCRIPTION	ST#
	Broadacre City was a plan for a decentralized community that Wright promoted endlessly from the 1930s to his death in 1959.  He believed that everyone should have at least an acre of land and the right to beautiful housing and carefully organized cities that were spread out, not like the congestion of places like New York, a town he insulted more than once.  Broadacre was shown publically for the first time April 15 to May 15, 1935 at the Industrial Arts Exposition in Rockefeller Center, New York.  It consisted of architectural models and a full model 12 by 12 feet in size, of Broadacre City itself, complete with tiny forests, homes, schools, factories, farms, and more!
1935	Broadacre City, 1935.  Model Homes.  Photographed by Dan Keller, Seidman Photo Service, New York.  Caption on verso, handwritten by Frank Lloyd Wright reads "Collateral Detail Mofel: A Two Car House, Two Minimum Houses and a Medium House."  Verification, Kelmscott Galleries; Leslie Hindman Auctioneers 1990, page 41 item 143;  Additional analysis "Frank Lloyd Wright and the Living City" De Long 1998, page 29.  As with the 1938 and 1948 Architectural Forum issues which Wright designed, wrote and coordinated, details such as captions and photo selection were handled by Wright.  Published in Architectural Record, April 1935 page 247;  Junior Red Cross Journal, Feb 1936, page 137.  Original 8 x 10 vintage silver gelatin photograph.	0393.02.0107
1935	Broadacre City, 1935.  Model Bridge.  Photographed by Dan Keller, Seidman Photo Service, New York.  Caption on verso, handwritten by Frank Lloyd Wright reads "Bridge Over Great Arterial Right of Way, Which Consists of Many Lanes of Speed Traffic Above, Monorail Speed Trains In the Middle, and Truck and Traffic on Lower Side Lanes.  Within the Highway Structures are Storage Facilities for Raw Material."  Verification, Kelmscott Galleries;  Leslie Hindman Auctioneers 1990, page 41 item 143;  Additional analysis "Frank Lloyd Wright and the Living City" De Long 1998, page 29.  As with the 1938 and 1948 Architectural Forum issues which Wright designed, wrote and coordinated, details such as captions and photo selection were handled by Wright.  Published in Architectural Record, April 1935 page 246.  Original 8 x 10 vintage silver gelatin photograph.	0393.03.0107

 

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